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Council reviews capital reappropriations, ARPA allocations and reporting requirements for city projects
Summary
At first readings Aug. 4 council members discussed reappropriating $200,000 for the Cumberland Pool project after an encumbrance timing error, ARPA-funded garage repairs that uncovered structural damage, and unresolved funding for a $100,000 Prentice allocation; council requested supporting bid documents and scheduled follow-up for Aug. 18.
Cleveland Heights council members spent much of the Aug. 4 legislative review discussing several capital and budget items, including a reappropriation for the Cumberland Pool project, ARPA‑funded garage repairs that exceeded initial estimates, and the outstanding question of where $100,000 for the Prentice project will come from.
Finance staff told council the Cumberland Pool contractor, Frank Novak & Sons, was awarded work tied to funds encumbered in 2024 that did not post to the capital account until January 2025. “The monies were encumbered at the end of…we're not doing the boilers…we're gonna reappropriate the dollars to do the Frank Novak and Sons. So the money was appropriated in 2024 for that project. What ended up happening is that it didn't end up hitting the books until…
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